Timelie similar games & best alternatives

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Timelie

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.

What works

  • Unique and polished time manipulation mechanic
  • Well-designed and challenging puzzles
  • Atmospheric music and art style
  • Emotional and subtle storytelling
  • Free dlc with additional content

Things to keep in mind

  • Short main game length
  • Some puzzles require trial and error
  • Story is vague and minimal
  • Lack of quality of life features (e.g. skipping cutscenes)
  • Controls can be fiddly with multiple characters

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Still There

  • Lightmatter

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Grunn

  • Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Episode 1

  • See No Evil

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Timelie but with less survival pressure

  • Moncage

  • Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

  • Call of the Elder Gods

  • The Almost Gone

  • Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

More violent

Games that feels like Timelie but with more combat and destruction

  • Slayaway Camp

  • Party Hard 2

  • Roombo: First Blood

  • Heaven Dust

  • TUNIC

  • All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game

More expressive

Games that feels like Timelie but with more self-expression and customization

  • QV

  • Yono and the Celestial Elephants

  • Lara Croft GO

  • Blue Prince

  • The Marvellous Miss Take

  • Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Timelie: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 04/08/2026